Model Horse #1 - Calamity Jane Resin/Portrait

Melbourne, Australia

Artist's Description

OK, I confess my other “sad” hobby is collecting model horses (as if I don’t have enough real ones to keep a girl happy!) I blame my parents really, for not giving me the pony I asked for from the time I figured what Santa was for LOL.

Anyway, I started collecting the old Britains horses in the late 60s, I was young (honest), but collected them well into my teens. About 8 years back a friend introduced me to the grown-ups collecting world & the joys of Breyer, Peter Stone & artists resins … now there are over 500 of these critters sharing the house (it is a recognised addiction, really, just ask the partner of any collector).

This is the one that arrived most recently – it started life as an unpainted resin called “Calamity Jane” by Sarah Isherwood – an extreme customisation of the Breyer mold “Silver”. The resin then got sent to my friend who customises models (check out Arcadian7) where it was turned into a portrait model of my appaloosa show mare, “ST True Colours” (see below). Now I haven’t done the whole background scene set-up, it’s too scary to leave her out on the shelf with 3 persians lurking in the wings, but here’s my rodeo bronc with sass & wild colour!

Artwork Comments

l must confess too that l collect model horses ! a hundred of them at last count lol,l don’t think my little house could take anymore than that,this ones a really pretty colour Sioux your friend does a great job with the customising

Beautiful. Collecting the models is something I have considered starting- I have a very small Breyer collection, but do like looking through the catalogue (as they are cheaper than the real thing). This is a great photograph, and a beautiful customisation.

Well, the factory issues are a cheaper option tahn real horses & you don’t have to worry about feeding them or boarding fees! However, some customs can cost as much as a real horse …

firefox
about 9 years ago

Yes, very nice model. I’ve been collecting model horses from Breyer for about 25 years. I’ve repainted some but, I wouldn’t think they would be good enough to sell. I like to etch the models more than I like to paint them. The problem I have with etching is after I done there is still tiny bits of paint here and there that I can’t get rid of. If you see my etching from a distance it looks great but the closer you get you can see those little bits of paint. Any body have any suggestions to help me get a “clean” look when I etch?

I love etched models, I have a beautiful one done by an ebayer called lindytim in the USA. However, for “how to” etching queries send a bubblemail to arcadian7 and ask her for tips, she does some wonderful etched appaloosas :-D

as the painter, I have to say thank you to all for the kind comments posted for this piece. It was awesome to work with skyhorse on making a likeness of her real horse on a model – a challenge to say the least.

to firefox, the champion of etchies is Lindy Pinkham here in the States… I have her email some place and I’m sure she’d offer some suggestions – believe it or not, this piece for skyhorse isn’t etched at all but done with TINY brushes one stroke at a time.